EDINBURGH // Scotland secured their place in next year’s ICC World Twenty20 after beating Oman in their final qualifier and then getting the result they needed from the match between Netherlands and Kenya.
Kyle Coetzer scored his second successive half-century as Scotland beat Oman by 23 runs in the day’s early fixture at Goldenacre, the hosts defending a total of 173 for five.
That win put Scotland to the top of Group B and in possession of the sole automatic qualification place, but they could still have been replaced by Kenya or Netherlands depending on their result across town at Myreside.
Kenya would have moved a point above Scotland with a win and taken first place. Netherlands needed to win and do so by such a margin as to lift them above the Scots on net run rate.
The Dutch did all they could, bowling Kenya out for just 97 and then racing home inside nine overs with four wickets in hand, but it was not enough.
Saturday’s results mean the co-hosts secured their place in the 2016 World T20 in India while the Netherlands and Afghanistan, who both finished level on eight points with the Scots, go into the qualifying play-offs along with fourth-placed Oman, who just edged out Kenya.
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